Jennifer McQuiston Lott
dancer. director. choreographer. teacher. filmmaker.
Recent Choreography Highlights
Caught In the Chamber
March 2018
a dance for camera
Los Angeles, CA
Length: 8 minutes
Presented by USC Visions & Voices (2018) & Cal Performances (2021)
Created on Alyssa Allen, Trevor Daw, Beau Foley, Mary Mallaney, Brianna Mims, Jessica Muszynski, Eleanor Pincus, Evan Sagadencky, Kaylin Sturtevant, Jake Tribus, Adam Vesperman, Madison Vomastek, Megan Yamashita
Music by Andrew Norman, created for and performed by yMusic
Directed by Nathan Johnson
Music by Maurice Ravel, augmented by Ryan Lott
Inspired by Ravel’s iconic Boléro, I set out to play with restrained structure against expressive individuality. I worked with Ryan Lott to reimagine the score for a 2023 audience, accentuating the pulse and drive and playing with surreal and ambient textures, anchored against the extreme familiarity of this music.
Original Instructions
Premiered November 2022
Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center
Los Angeles, CA
Length: 16 minutes
Music in Circles
Premiered July 2019/restaged in June 2022
Traverse City Dance Project 2019 &
2022 Tours
Traverse City, MI
Maple City, MI
Frankfurt, MI
Leland, MI
Kalkaska, MI
Brooklyn, NY
Lamberville, NJ
Cabaret: The Musical
June-July 2022
Parallel 45 Civic Center Ampitheatre
Traverse City, MI
Length: 110 minutes
Happy Magic Moves Hour
A work-in-process
March 2022
Phoenix Theatre Basile Stage
Indianapolis, IN
Length: 15 minutes
La Mer
November 2019
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Corson Auditorium
Length: 22 minutes
Created on the USC Kaufman BFA Class of 2026
Music by Ryan Lott
Text by Wendell Berry, as performed by the BFA Class of 2026
Created on Jakevis Thomason & Rachel Walton
Music by Andrew Norman
Lighting by Brent Wroebel
Commissioned by Parallel 45 Theatre Festival
Original choreography, created on the cast
Directed by Kit McKay
Music Direction by Rick Church
Assisted by Asia Pyron
Other choreography for P45:
The Sound of Music (2021)
HAIR: An American Tribal Love Rock Musical (2019)
Created on Rachel Harris, Win McCain, Justin David Sears-Watson
Collaboration with artists Rebekah Nolan & Liz Weirzbicki
Music by Rafiq Bhatia, Omara Portuondo, Ryan Lott, Sperm Whales
Dancers: Beau Foley, Jennifer Lott, Justin Koertgen, Zach Manske, Simrin Player, Alexandra Policaro, Mariano Zamora-Gonzales
Music: Claude Debussy
Traverse City Dance Project in concert with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, Kevin Rhodes, conductor